Stories from Wednesday, August 14, 2013

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield School Board accepted the resignation of Board Member Don Lafferty and heard an update on a leak that flooded the new FEMA Safe Room which was recently constructed on the campus. Superintendent Toni Hill said Lafferty had moved from the district, and had to resign due to the move. ...

GLENNONVILLE, MO -- Rice producer-oriented emerging technologies and new developments in rice research will be presented on Rice Field Day, hosted by The Missouri Rice Council and Southeast Missouri State University, Aug. 22 at the Missouri Rice Research Farm...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Elk Township Trustee Jim Stuever and Board Member Tim Martin presented the Stoddard County Commission with a list of four bridges in their township that needed replacement using Off-System Road Bridges (BRO) funds. Township officials said all four bridges were on the Missouri Department of Transportation's (MoDOT) list of bridges that are included in the BRO program...

New staff members at Bernie Schools met with board members prior to this week's regular monthly board meeting for a brief "meet and greet" event. Beginning their careers at Bernie with the start of school Thursday, Aug. 15 will be (seated) Librarian Jackie Bennett and High School Math and Social Studies Teacher Kara Miller; and in back, High School and Jr. ...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor More than eight years after Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham, Jr., a Dexter native, was shot and killed as he was returned from work to his rural Van Buren home, his father says he can finally breathe a little easier following Tuesday's Supreme Court decision that affirmed the conviction of Lance Shockley for the murder of his son...

Vernon Dale Belcher, son of JoAnn Cookson Belcher of Dexter and the late Vernon Leon Belcher, was born on April 22, 1961, in Dexter and died at SoutheastHealth of Stoddard County in Dexter on Aug. 10, 2013 at the age of 52. Mr. Belcher was the manager of Dexter Billiards and was a resident of Dexter...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Bloomfield High School baseball players will have a new opportunity to fine-tune their skills on a baseball diamond this fall. The Boomfield School recently approved adding fall baseball to its list of extracurricular activities...